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Chapter 42

           Shebentoverthecalmriver,andsawthemshininginthesamemajesticorderaswhenthedovebeheldthemgleamingthroughtheswollenwaters,uponthemountaintopsdownfarbelow,anddeadmankind,amillionfathomsdeep.

           Thechildsatsilentlybeneathatree,hushedinherverybreathbythestillnessofthenight,andallitsattendantwonders.Thetimeandplaceawokereflection,andshethoughtwithaquiethopelesshope,perhaps,thanresignationonthepast,andpresent,andwhatwasyetbeforeher.Betweentheoldmanandherselftherehadcomeagradualseparation,hardertobearthananyformersorrow.Everyevening,andoftenintheday-timetoo,hewasabsent,alone;andalthoughshewellknewwherehewent,andwhytoowellfromtheconstantdrainuponherscantypurseandfromhishaggardlooksheevadedallinquiry,maintainedastrictreserve,andevenshunnedherpresence.

           Shesatmeditatingsorrowfullyuponthischange,andminglingit,asitwere,witheverythingabouther,whenthedistantchurch-clockbellstrucknine.Risingatthesound,sheretracedhersteps,andturnedthoughtfullytowardsthetown.

           Shehadgainedalittlewoodenbridge,which,thrownacrossthestream,ledintoameadowinherway,whenshecamesuddenlyuponaruddylight,andlookingforwardmoreattentively,discernedthatitproceededfromwhatappearedtobeanencampmentofgipsies,whohadmadeafireinonecorneratnogreatdistancefromthepath,andweresittingorlyingroundit.

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